ProjectManager.com

MAY 22, 2025

The project management industry, and our concept of what a project constitutes, is always changing. Nowadays, even non-PMP-certified workers are taking on work that closely resembles traditional projects, and the desire to manage them better is growing every year.

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Green Project Management

MAY 13, 2024

In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria have rapidly moved from the fringes to the forefront of global investment strategies, profoundly influencing how projects are evaluated, financed, and implemented.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Organizations are continually looking for leadership team that’s experienced in business process management (BPM). It can seem like a tall order to disrupt the status quo at your company, but with the implementation of smart business process improvement strategies, you’ll be able to make these changes as fluidly as possible.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? Fortunately, there are strategies ( and tools! ) Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. Manage Team. You need to manage their expectations.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ask 10 different risk management experts to define emerging risks, and you will likely receive different points of view. In this article, let's define emerging risks, discuss ways to identify them, and look at different ways to manage these risks. What are Emerging Risks? Click to Tweet. I get this.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 17, 2019

IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? At its base level, IT governance is one or multiple processes that enable the IT staff to better manage risk and operate at its most efficient to the benefit of the organization on the whole.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

They define salience as: the degree to which managers give priority to competing stakeholder claims. Project stakeholder management and saliency Project management relies on people: you need the project team to get things done, and that team might include members of different stakeholder groups. Things that can’t wait?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

There are internal stakeholders, such as team members, executives, project or product managers, designers, researchers and salespeople. Then there are external stakeholders, who can be customers, suppliers, vendors, subcontractors, the government, the community, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 20, 2025

Projects that employ contractors or work with suppliers and service providers need to manage their procurement process. When using a Gantt chart featured in project management software, the scope, deliverables and milestones outlined in the invitation to tender become a visual and dynamic tool for managing a projects flow.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 4, 2025

As technology continues to evolve, having a clear, forward-looking strategy ensures that IT investments support long-term growth, efficiency and competitiveness. The plan typically covers a multi-year timeframe and addresses areas such as digital transformation, cybersecurity, data management and systems integration.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

People often ask me how project managers can be evaluated, or what targets should be set for people in project roles. It’s a bit tricky to provide a one-size-fits-all answer, but I have come up with some Key Performance Indicators for project managers, that you can use as a starting point for your own team. OK, on to the KPIs.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 11, 2025

Managing a project efficiently often comes down to having the right tools at your disposal—and that includes documentation. Whether you’re planning, executing or closing a project, project management forms help standardize processes, track progress and ensure accountability. Learn more 2.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

ProjectManager has over 100 free project management templates for Excel and Word that can be downloaded now. Project management software is better at forecasting the details of the project correctly and then executing that project to ensure it’s delivered on time and within budget. However, templates are static documents.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Finally, we demonstrate how upgrading to project management software adds efficiency to the process. That’s why professional services firms use project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with multiple project planning and scheduling tools.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 10, 2025

Project management has developed the means to increase the likelihood of successful completion. That starts by breaking a project down into project management phases. What Are the 5 Project Management Phases? The five project management phases are a structured approach to planning, executing and completing a project.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 10, 2024

That is certainly the case with Microsoft PPM (project portfolio management) products. But let’s give Microsoft project portfolio management products their due. Then well review the best products Microsoft has for managing multiple projects to help users make an informed decision. They tend to be expensive and complicated.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 11, 2025

I love this topic because, like many of you; I was brand new to PMO Management when I was first offered a PMO. I was a project manager working for AT&T Wireless in the early 2000s; I think it was 2003, and my director at the time asked me to take on running the Data Warehouse PMO from her. I was excited and scared at the same time.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 27, 2025

An IT strategy roadmap is a planning tool that outlines how an organization will evolve its technology over time, covering everything from infrastructure upgrades and software development to cybersecurity improvements and cloud migration strategies. We have an IT roadmap template for free, but we recommend project management software.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2025

A project plan is a structured document that outlines the objectives, scope, timeline, resources, risks and responsibilities needed to complete a project. A project plan typically includes details such as deliverables, milestones, communication strategies and budget allocations to keep the project on track and within scope.

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WorkOtter

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Implementing a strong governance framework involves setting up clear processes for project approval, oversight, and review. Governance should be designed to ensure that all projects align with strategic goals and that they are executed according to standardized best practices. What is Portfolio Governance?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

Project governance is an important part of project management processes – even if it’s not the most exciting part of getting work done. As a project manager, part of your role is shepherding the work through the project lifecycle. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 28, 2025

It supports transparency and helps manage expectations by showing how short-term tasks tie into long-term goals. There are limitations to using a static document to manage something as dynamic as project planning. However, there’s a solution: use project management software. Templates cant provide real-time data.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 8, 2025

This article outlines seven key development directions for Project Management Offices to effectively support modern product-oriented organizations. Transitioning from a project to a product-oriented operating model requires organisational change in culture, processes, and management. Is this the right thing to do?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The construction process is how projects in that field are broken into more manageable parts. Lets define those construction process stages and explain how to manage them. General contractors know that to manage those phases they require project management software. What Is the Construction Process? Lets see why.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 2, 2025

Despite the differences in content, the template’s consistent formattypically including an executive summary, goals, methodology, budget and risk assessmentensures that decision-makers can quickly evaluate the feasibility and value of a proposed project. ProjectManagers project management tools turn a proposal into a plan.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 13, 2025

Making effective decisions is at the heart of every successful project or business strategy. Whether you’re choosing between vendors, evaluating project risks or prioritizing tasks, having a clear and structured approach can help eliminate guesswork and lead to better outcomes.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Of course, any organization will apply constraints such as consistent funding and governance processes, tools, or templates. Once the business strategy is set, each product's product strategy will be defined. Once those strategies are defined, how they are realized is owned by the product teams, particularly the Product Owner.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 17, 2020

Most project managers will have experienced a situation where they have found a stakeholder to be really difficult. This often causes stress and it’s challenging for project managers to find ways to deal with it. What happens instead is that they create situations which are challenging for the project manager.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2022

The mission of a project portfolio manager is clear enough: maximize the business benefits of projects. In this article, you’ll learn the top 5 key considerations and knowledge areas under which the main criteria for managing a project portfolio can be grouped. Strategies and tactics. Goals and objectives.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 2, 2025

Weve collected some free management templates on our site that relate to meetings. It helps prioritize discussion points, manage time efficiently and track follow-ups after the meeting. Turn them into actionable plans with project management software. Meetings end with action items.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Are you looking for a way to better manage the risks associated with your projects? Risk audits are an effective tool that can help project managers and program managers identify potential issues before they become problems. What is a risk audit in project management? Who carries out the risk audit?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 27, 2019

The greater the flexibility of the funding strategy, the greater the chance the team will produce a quality product and the greater the chance that they will delight their stakeholders. But greater flexibility generally requires a more skillful approach to governance and project management. The Secure Funding Process Goal.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Why are many project managers confused over risks? Why do some project managers include positive risks in risk management and others do not? Let's clarify what we mean by the term risk. Risk is a Choice Merriam-Webster defines risk as “the possibility of loss or injury: peril.”

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

Project managers are often faced with the challenge of managing complex projects and ensuring that they stay on track. I’ll confess: when I started out as a project manager, this was a piece of jargon that honestly didn’t mean much at all? But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? Think intranet or policy library.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2023

PMO stands for project management office and it’s responsible for the project management standards in an organization. The two others are the program management office and the portfolio management office. Either way, it’s run by a PMO director. There are different types of PMOs, all headed by a PMO director.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

By Dr. Al Zeitoun and Dr. Harold Kerzner July 24, 2024 The future of project management must have a balance between the tactical and strategic focus, in addition to a balance between digital and human. Q1) Based on your observation, what are the challenges facing project management now? Project Management (PM) 4.0

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